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NT News
The cruel disease running rampant across the NT
NT News
We need to prevent these things happening to Yolngu people, to indigenous Australians.”The clan leader is no stranger to the tragedy of heart disease. His sister Dr Marika lost her life after complications with a pacemaker. Two of his brothers ...

The Advertiser
Man of mystery
The Advertiser
IN March, a Los Angeles Times review of the Australian film Goldstone argued its star, Indigenous actor Aaron Pedersen, deserved a much higher profile. “Why,” it demanded, “isn't Pedersen – a world class brooder with soulful eyes and a singed ...

Great Southern Weekender (press release)
New chapter written
Great Southern Weekender (press release)
By Chris Thomson | posted on May 18, 2018. IN A short chapter for a national anthology titled Growing up Aboriginal in Australia, dual cultural woman Carol Pettersen gives a deeply personal account of what it is like to be on the receiving end of ...

Herald Sun
As he brings Mystery Road to ABC TV, Aaron Pedersen reflects on his long road to recognition
Herald Sun
The Los Angeles Times review of the Australian noir thriller was positive — about our country's “famed interior”, the “tough justice-seeker” at its core and Sen's “slow roast technique”. .... And that means including indigenous Australians in the ...

Herald Sun
As he brings Mystery Road to ABC TV, Aaron Pedersen reflects on his long road to recognition
Herald Sun
The Los Angeles Times review of the Australian noir thriller was positive — about our country's “famed interior”, the “tough justice-seeker” at its core and Sen's “slow roast technique”. Yet one gets the feeling it mostly ran because its author felt ...

The Sydney Morning Herald
Fairfax photos of the week - May 17, 2018
The Sydney Morning Herald
Ubuntu, African children's choir touring Australia. Patience Nalugo was a little girl in the second grade at school in Kampala, Uganda when her father died of cancer. She soon learnt singing was the best way to deal with her sadness, and at the age of ...

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Geelong Advertiser
As he brings Mystery Road to ABC TV, Aaron Pedersen reflects on his long road to recognition
Geelong Advertiser
The Los Angeles Times review of the Australian noir thriller was positive — about our country's “famed interior”, the “tough justice-seeker” at its core and Sen's “slow roast technique”. Yet one gets the feeling it mostly ran because its author felt ...

WAtoday
Fairfax photos of the week - May 17, 2018
WAtoday
Ubuntu, African children's choir touring Australia. Patience Nalugo was a little girl in ... Victorian Aboriginal Clan Elders meet at Parliament House to provide guidance and claim their seat at the table of the state governments Treaty process. Clan ...

Architecture and Design
Indigenous designers to showcase their talents in Melbourne's Federation Square
Architecture and Design
Blak Design Matters will open at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Federation Square on Friday 20 July and stay open until Sunday 30 September 2018 showcasing leading Indigenous designers from across Australia, while also exploring what is Indigenous design ...

The North West Star
New exhibit explores local Aboriginal history
The North West Star
Conceived by controversial entrepreneur Archibald Meston, the original historical Wild Australia Show toured in 1892- 1893 to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and featured a choreographed troupe of 27 Aboriginal people recruited from the frontier in ...

The North West Star
New exhibit explores local Aboriginal history
The North West Star
Conceived by controversial entrepreneur Archibald Meston, the original historical Wild Australia Show toured in 1892- 1893 to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and featured a choreographed troupe of 27 Aboriginal people recruited from the frontier in ...

The North West Star
New exhibit explores local Aboriginal history
The North West Star
Conceived by controversial entrepreneur Archibald Meston, the original historical Wild Australia Show toured in 1892- 1893 to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and featured a choreographed troupe of 27 Aboriginal people recruited from the frontier in ...

The West Australian
Queensland band in town for Settlers gig
The West Australian
The three-piece band infuses electronic, reggae and house, with elements of Aboriginal Australian and African sounds to create their captivating melodies. Stu Boga Fergie is the vocalist, keys, didgeridoo player and the man behind the electronic sounds ...

Blue Mountains Gazette
Maralinga and Australian art at Lewers gallery
Blue Mountains Gazette
“It is surprising how few people are aware that atomic bombs were exploded in Australia, and how little they know about the dislocation of Aboriginal people, the exposure of Australian servicemen and the contamination of the land,” said J. D. Mittmann, ...

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Blue Mountains Gazette
Maralinga and Australian art at Lewers gallery
Blue Mountains Gazette
“It is surprising how few people are aware that atomic bombs were exploded in Australia, and how little they know about the dislocation of Aboriginal people, the exposure of Australian servicemen and the contamination of the land,” said J. D. Mittmann, ...

The Weekly Times
Wild dogs become bolder, what's their next attack?
The Weekly Times
Aboriginal Australians adopted dingoes as hunting companions and for warmth at night, even as food, thousands of years ago. Hybrid bush dogs of the Centre boast degrees of dingo parentage, but nonetheless make stout pets. Dingoes will no doubt remain ...

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ABC Online
Fixing citizenship imbroglio is not just a matter of better paperwork
ABC Online
This cloud also covers those who do not have documentation about their family, including Indigenous Australians". One of the cameos given in the report is fictionalised as "Christine" but obviously based on Labor Indigenous senator Pat Dodson. It ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald
The Bible in Australia review: Meredith Lake's big story of the big book
The Sydney Morning Herald
This is especially true of her thorough and searching exploration of the role of the Bible in Indigenous Australia. The Bible came with the first fleet. Actually, it was here before that. Lake implies a delightful comparison between the copy of the ...

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The Guardian
We must return all our landmarks to their Indigenous names
The Guardian
However, it is also a welcome gesture of recognition from broader non-Indigenous Australia that so much more needs to be done to acknowledge and reconcile the present nation's short, violent past with this continent's long and enduring First Nations ...
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The Guardian
We must return all our landmarks to their Indigenous names
The Guardian
However, it is also a welcome gesture of recognition from broader non-Indigenous Australia that so much more needs to be done to acknowledge and reconcile the present nation's short, violent past with this continent's long and enduring First Nations ...
Screen timeThe Australian

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